1 Chronicles 9:22

9:22 All those selected to be gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet ¹  had appointed them to their positions. ² 

1 Chronicles 17:17

17:17 And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. ³  You have revealed to me what men long to know, ⁴  O Lord God.

1 Chronicles 19:10

19:10 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 19:15

19:15 When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab’s ⁶  brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem. ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 21:21

21:21 When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David; he came out from the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face ⁸  to the ground.

[9:22]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term is רֹאֶה (ro’eh, “seer”), an older word for נָבִיא (navi’, “prophet”).

[9:22]  ² tn Heb “they – David appointed, and Samuel the seer, in their position.”

[17:17]  ³ tn Heb “and this was small in your eyes, O God, so you spoke concerning the house of your servant for a distance.”

[17:17]  ⁴ tn The translation “You have revealed to me what men long to know” is very tentative; the meaning of the Hebrew text is unclear. The text appears to read literally, “and you see me like the searching of man, that which is upward,” which is nonsensical. The translation above assumes the following: (1) The Qal verb translated “you see me” is repointed as a Hiphil, “you showed me,” (2) תּוֹר (tor) is understood in the sense of “searching, exploring,” and (3) הַמַּעֲלָה (hamma’alah) is taken in a temporal sense of “that which lies beyond.” Thus one could translate, “you have shown me what men search for, what lies beyond.”

[19:10]  ⁵ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:10 has “the Ammonites” in place of “the Arameans” here.

[19:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:15]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[21:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “nostrils.”